Trump’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood threatens US healthcare system, study suggests

Reproductive health giant's ability to treat patients at risk due to Republicans' plans to cut Medicaid reimbursements

Planned Parenthood clinics treated people who rely on Medicaid at more than 1.5m visits in 2024, new research published on Wednesday shows. But the reproductive health giant's ability to treat those patients is now in jeopardy due to Republicans' efforts to defund" Planned Parenthood by kicking it out of Medicaid.

Donald Trump's tax and spending package, passed in July, bans Planned Parenthood from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the US government's insurance program for low-income people. After Planned Parenthood sued over the ban, a judge temporarily stopped it from taking effect.